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SKIRT GAUGE. APPLICATION man 050.22. 1 2.

Patented Nov. 7, 1922.

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SAT/.[UEL FRANK, OF ST. LOUIS, l/IISSOUBI, ASSIGNOB TO M. A. HEIMANN IVIANUFAG- TUBING COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIss, IVIISSOURI, A. CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

SKIRT GAUGE. Application filed December 22, 1921. Serial No. 524,185. 1

To all whom it may concern: Upon the standard 13 is positioned a com- Be it known that l, SAMUEL FRANK, a plemental cross arm 21 slightly wider than citizen of the United States, residing at St. the cross arm 18 and adapted to be adjusted Louis, in the county of St. Louis City. and along the standard by a collar 22 and set 5 State of Missouri, have invented new and screw 23. The cross arms are longitudinally 60 1 useful Improvements in Skirt Gauges, of curved to conform to the curvature of a garwhich the following is a specification. ment, and are adapted to clamp between This invention relates to a device for them the garment fabric along the line the gaging the length of skirts, coats and other mark is to be placed upon the garment. By

similar garments, and for assisting a dress having the cross arm 21 considerably wider 65 maker or tailor in placing a circumferential than the arm 18, the cross arm 21 afiords a mark upon the garment ata predetermined bearing surface for the marking chalk and distance from the floor. the edge of the cross arm 18 serves as aguide An object of the invention is to provide a for the chalk.

device of this class which will facilitate the In order to provide for the separation of 70 marking operation and enable the tailor to the arm and standard it is desirable to mark the garment accurately and quickly. afford some suitable means which will Another object of the invention is to proquickly separate the cross arms and hold the duce a device which is of pleasing appearcross arms apart so that a garment may be 20 ance, which may be cheaply manufactured, inserted between the cross arms. In the 7 5 and which, by reason of the simplicity of form of the invention illustrated I have its structure, is readily operable and durable shown a lever 24 pivotally secured to the in use. standard 13 adjacent the block 11 and held Other objects of the invention have to do in position by a collar 25 fixedly secured to 25 with the more detailed features of constructhe standard. The lever 24 is formed with 8 tion and will become more obvious as the dea laterally opening recess 26 having an inscription proceeds in connection with the acclined cam edge 27 leading to an annular companying drawings, wherein there is seat at the inner end of the recess. When the shown one form of a device in which the inlever 2a is moved in a counter-clockwise di- 30 vention may be embodied, and in which rection from the position shown in Fig. 3

Fig. 1 is a perspective view. the cam 27 engages the arm 14 and moves Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation showing the the arm from the standard, as shown. in device in use, and Fig. 1. Uponmovcmentof the lever as far as Fig. 3 is a horizontal cross section taken possible in this direction the arm i l will be 35 on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. brought into engagement with the seat at Referring to the drawings for a more dethe termination of the recess and the cross tailed description, 10 indicates a base to arms will be held apart until the lever is which there is secured a block 11 by any returned to the position shown in Fig. 8. suit-able means, such as a screw 12 passing When a garment is inserted between the 40 through the base into the under face of the cross arms and it is desired to clamp the block. A. standard 13 hasits lower cmlfitting fabric for marking purposes it is merely into the block and an arm 14 is pivotally senecessary to move the lever 24% in a clockwise cured to the block by means of a block 153 direction and the spring 1.7 will innnedithrough which passes a pivot pin 16 anchored. ately move the parts to the clamping position 45 in the block 11 and about which the block 15 shown in Fig. 2. has a pivotal movement. The block 15 on the it is thought that the operation of this pivotal arm fits within a recess in the block device will be clear from the above del I. and the arm is nonnally maintained in the scription of its structural. features, particuposition shown in Fig. 2 by means of a larly since these devices are broadly old in so spring 17 positioned beneath the block 15 the art, my invention having to do with imand extending into a socket in the block. provements upon the devices heretofore in A cross arm 18 is adjustably secured to use. the arm 1 by means of a collar 19 which I wish to emphasize, particularly, the exmay be held in any selected position along treme simplicity of the structure and the 55 the arm by simply adjusting a set screw 20. facility with which the marking operation 110.

may be carried on when the device is used. The clamping cross arms may be made comparatively long so that the entire circumference of a dress or other garment may be marked in two or three operations of clamping and unclamping the garment fabric.

The length of the cross arms permits the marking of a considerable portion of the garment before turning the garment to present another portion of the fabric to the cross arms. Moreover, the character of the means for separating the cross arms permits a very quick-operation of the device with very little efiort on the part of the operator.

It should be understood that numerous modifications may be made in the illustrated structure without departing from the inventive idea, the showing and detailed description being merely illustrative and in no sense restrictive of the invention.

I claim: '1. A skirt gauge comprising a base, a

standard. connected to said base, an arm A skirt gauge comprising a base, an anchor block on said base having a recess therein, a standard having one end secured in said block, an arm having one end inserted in'said recess and pivotally connected to said block, cross-arms on said standard andsaid arm, said cross-arms being adjustable along the standard and arm, spring means for holding together said standard and arm, and a lever pivoted to said standard having cam means thereon adapted to move and to hold the arm away from said standard.

'3. A skirt gauge comprising a base, an anchor block on said base having a recess therein, a standard having one end secured in said block, an arm having one end inserted in said recess and pivotally connected to said block, cross-arms on said standard and said arm, said cross-arms being adjust able along the standard and arm, spring means for holding together said standard and arm, and a lever pivoted to said standard having cam means thereon adapted to move and to hold the arm away from said standard, one of said cross-arms being narrower than the other whereby the edge of the narrower cross-arm serves as a guide in marking and the wider cross-arm affords a bearing surface for the chalk.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

SAMUEL FRANK. 

